@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp11971,
            	author={Baert, Stijn and Verhaest, Dieter},
            	title={Work Hard or Play Hard? Degree Class, Student Leadership and Employment Opportunities},
            	year={2018},
	month={Nov},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={11971},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11971},
	abstract={We investigated the impact on first hiring outcomes of two main curriculum vitae (CV) characteristics by which graduates with a tertiary education degree distinguish themselves from their peers: degree class and extra-curricular activities. These characteristics were randomly assigned to 2,800 fictitious job applications that were sent to real vacancies in Belgium. Academic performance and extra-curricular engagement both enhanced job interview rates by about 7%. The effect of a higher degree class was driven by female (versus male) candidates and candidates with a master's (versus a bachelor's) degree. We did not find evidence for these CV characteristics to be substitutes or to reinforce each other's effect.},
	keywords={hiring;extra-curricular activities;degree class;field experiment},
            }